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When to Plant Pumpkins in Pennsylvania

For pumpkins in Pennsylvania, spring planting starts between Apr 19 (Delaware County) and Jun 11 (Warren County), according to Penn State Extension.

Photo: Harvested pumpkins and squash in a garden. Lolailand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More planting dates for Pennsylvania

Planting dates for each crop in Pennsylvania, from the Penn State Extension calendar.

Tomatoes

Peppers

Potatoes

Sweet Corn

Green Beans

Cucumbers

Squash

Lettuce

Planting pumpkins in Pennsylvania: questions

When do you plant pumpkins in Pennsylvania?

For pumpkins in Pennsylvania, spring planting starts between Apr 19 (Delaware County) and Jun 11 (Warren County), according to Penn State Extension.

Can I plant pumpkins in the fall in Pennsylvania?

The Penn State Extension calendar used here lists no fall window for pumpkins.

What frost date should I use for pumpkins?

Cold nights after planting can damage young plants. The Pennsylvania frost dates page shows how late frost runs in your county.

Where do these dates for pumpkins come from?

Master Gardeners Philadelphia Planting Guide (Planting guide of vegetables grown in the Philadelphia area); Seed Planting Guide; Transplanting Guide.

Why might my county's dates differ?

Dates are set relative to frost, so each county gets its own dates from its NOAA 50% frost dates.

Photos: Harvested pumpkins and squash in a garden: Lolailand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Green pumpkins growing beneath thick vines and broad leaves in a farm field: USDAgov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Windswept green meadow under white clouds in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Rail fence and meadow below wooded ridges along the Swatara Rail Trail, Swatara State Park: Michael Stokes, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Unripe green tomato on the plant: Microrao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Pepper plant in a kitchen garden loaded with green, yellow and red peppers: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Potato plant growing in a garden bed: Kolforn (Kolforn), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tall corn plants with golden tassels against a summer sky in a field: inkknife_2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Clusters of long green bean pods hanging from a climbing bean vine: Nirajan_pant, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Cucumber vines climbing a wooden trellis in a kitchen garden: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Squash plant with yellow blossoms and spreading stems in a straw-mulched garden: Mary O'Neill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Heads of lettuce in a garden bed: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.